Legal Opinion
Stillman v. Ford
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 15, 1968PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Fuld.
We granted leave to appeal in this case in order to consider the reach of the defense of qualified privilege in a defamation action.
The plaintiff, E. Clark Stillman, is the former president of the Belgian American Educational Foundation and the various questions raised herein, involving causes of action for libel, slander and malicious interference with a contract, all arise out of a dispute within the Foundation culminating in the plaintiff’s forced resignation in June of 1963.
The Foundation is the successor organization to the Commission for Belief in Belgium which was…
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